Michigan

Offbeat: The Sunday Offbeat

A 24-year-old Texas man was arrested Monday as he waited for a flight home at Bishop Airport.

The guy was accused of stealing several items out of family friends’ homes in Lapeer Township, Attica Township and Flint during his visit from the Longhorn State, according to the state police.

Laura AngusContact her.Instead of going home, state police gave him a new travel package — to the Lapeer County Jail where he was lodged on two counts of larceny from a building.

A plane certainly is fast enough to be a getaway vehicle, but only if you can get on it.

Ditch duty While an off-duty police officer assisted in the arrest of a man suspected of drunken driving this month, it seems to me anyone would have noticed something was up with this guy.

The 50-year-old Mt. Morris man was spotted driving into a yard and a ditch before midnight on May 1 in Grand Blanc Township, according to police reports.

The off-duty officer contacted police, who responded at the ditch near Hill and Vassar roads, according to police reports.

The man reportedly said he was driving home from Lansing where he’d been drinking Jack Daniel’s whiskey.

The man had a 0.18 percent blood-alcohol level in a breathalyzer test and he was lodged in the Genesee County Jail on suspicion of drunken driving.

Wrong answerA Flint man reported to police that he heard a banging noise from the side of his home around 9 p.m. Monday near Fenton Road and Campbell Street, according to police reports.

He told police he went outside where he saw an unknown man standing near his back door carrying a large bag.

The homeowner asked the man what he was doing, to which the guy replied “nothing” and walked away.

I’m sure the guy was just minding his own business, and the victim’s house just started banging into him.

Justice awardCongratulations goes to the League of Women Voters of the Flint Area who was awarded the 2010 Liberty Bell Award from the Genesee County Bar Association.

The Liberty Bell Award has been given out to individuals and organizations who advance the administration and cause of justice in the community.

The League was recognized for producing the Citizen’s Guide on Electoral Politics and for their involvement with law-related corrections issues including jail overcrowding and sanitation and nutrition standards, according to the Bar Association.